Cooling & Heating

SP Group designed and operates the world’s largest fully underground district cooling network in Singapore’s Marina Bay financial district. It started operations in May 2006 with One Raffles Quay as its first customer to receive chilled water supplies for its air-conditioning needs. In May 2010, SP commissioned its second district cooling plant at the Marina Bay Sands Integrated Resort.

As one of Singapore’s Top 50 Engineering Feats, the Marina Bay district cooling system now serves more than 20 developments in the area, helping them save more than 40 per cent in energy consumption. Amongst SP’s customers are developments such as Marina Bay Sands, Gardens by the Bay, Raffles Place MRT Station, One Marina Boulevard and the Marina Bay Financial Centre.

In collaboration with the Housing & Development Board, SP Group will be bringing its first large-scale residential centralised cooling system to Tengah, Singapore’s first smart energy township. With SP’s centralised cooling system, Tengah residents can enjoy as much as 30 per cent energy savings.

Chilled water will be centrally produced from interconnected modular chiller plants built on the roof tops before it is distributed to residential and commercial units for air-conditioning. The centralised cooling system will also be serviced by SP, bringing greater convenience to residents living in Tengah.

Our expertise and technology have been adopted in Raffles City Chongqing, the largest shopping mall in Chongqing, China. SP Group runs an advanced energy-efficient cooling and heating system for the mall, that commenced operations in September 2019.

SP’s cooling operations enables Raffles City Chongqing to reduce energy consumption by more than 40 per cent, compared to conventional building chiller plants.

In January 2021, SP Group acquired ENGIE SA’s 40 per cent stake in Chongqing Sino-French Energy Services. The acquisition strengthens the Group’s District Cooling and Heating presence in Chongqing and expands our capabilities into Combined Cooling Heating and Power (CCHP) offerings for the hospital segment.

Besides Chongqing, new partnerships and collaborations are taking root in Shanghai and Guangzhou. SP inked a Memorandum of Understanding with State Grid Shanghai Energy Services in October 2020 to study the feasibility of jointly developing and investing in integrated energy projects to bring sustainable energy solutions to customers in Shanghai.

In August 2020, SP signed an agreement with the Sino-Singapore Guangzhou Knowledge City (GKC) to develop district cooling and heating solutions for the Knowledge Tower in GKC.